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╟┼╬┼╥┴╠/┬┼╟╔╬╬┼╥'╙ ╙╒╨╨╧╥╘ ╟╥╧╒╨ ├╧╬╞┼╥┼╬├┼ ╘╥┴╬╙├╥╔╨╘
╞RIDAY ╞EBRUARY 24, 1989 10:00 ╨═ ┼╙╘
"╘HE ═OST ┴SKED ╤UESTIONS"
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╤─╠ ╠AURA: ╫ELCOME TO THE ╟ENERAL/┬EGINNER'S ├ONFERENCE! ╘ONIGHT WE'LL
DISCUSS "╘HE ═OST ┴SKED ╤UESTIONS", AND HAVE TIME FOR A GENERAL
╤UESTION/┴NSWER SESSION.
╙┘╙╧╨ ═┴╠ AND ╔ GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND MANY OF THEM ARE
ABOUT HANDLING THE FILES DOWNLOADED HERE ON ╤-╠INK. ╘HE MOST
COMMON PROBLEM IS TRYING TO RUN A ╙┼╤ FILE. ╙┼╤ STANDS FOR
"SEQUENTIAL", AND MOST OFTEN THEY ARE TEXT FILES, SUCH AS THOSE
CREATED WITH A WORD PROCESSOR. ┬UT NOT ALWAYS!
╙OME ╙┼╤ FILES ARE ARCHIVED FILES, CREATED WITH ARCHIVAL
PROGRAMS SUCH AS ╠YNX, SOMETIMES ╙┼╤ FILES ARE GRAPHIC PICTURES,
OR ╟┼╧╙ FILES. ╘HIS TYPE OF ╙┼╤ FILE IS NOT A TEXT FILE AND
CAN'T BE VIEWED WITH A TEXT READER. ╔N ALL CASES, THOUGH, A ╙┼╤
FILE ┴╠╫┴┘╙ REQUIRES SOMETHING ELSE. ╙┼╤ FILES CAN NEVER BE
LOADED AND RUN BY THEMSELVES.
╫HEN DOWNLOADING, THE FIRST RULE IS ALWAYS READ THE FILE
DESCRIPTION. ╘HIS IS WHY ╙┘╙╧╨ ═┴╠ AND ╔ WILL SELDOM RECOMMEND
BEGINNERS TO DOWNLOAD USING THE "─OWNLOAD A ╙PECIFIC ╞ILE"
OPTION IN ├╔╬. ╫ITH THAT OPTION, YOU DON'T GET THE COMPLETE
FILE DESCRIPTION AND OFTEN YOU'LL MISS OUT ON VALUABLE LOADING
INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTATION.
╬EAR THE TOP OF THE FILE DESCRIPTION YOU WILL SEE TWO IMPORTANT
SECTIONS: "╞ILES ╬EEDED" AND "┼QUIPMENT". ┴LWAYS CHECK THESE
TWO LINES ON EVERY PROGRAM YOU DOWNLOAD. ╘HEY WILL ALWAYS TELL
YOU WHAT, IF ANY, OTHER PROGRAM IS REQUIRED FOR THIS FILE, AND
IF SPECIAL EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED, SUCH AS A PRINTER.
┴LSO REMEMBER WHEN LOADING YOUR FILES, THAT NOT ALL FILES CAN BE
LOADED WITH THE ",8,1" FORM OF THE ╠╧┴─ COMMAND. ╔NSTEAD, ALWAYS
USE ╠╧┴─"FILE",8 AND ╥╒╬ FIRST, THEN USE ",8,1" AS A SECOND TRY.
╬EXT, SPELLING THE FILENAME CORRECTLY WHEN TRYING TO LOAD A FILE
IS IMPORTANT. ┴ND SPACES ─╧ COUNT IN THE FILENAME. ╫HEN YOU LIST
A DISK DIRECTORY, EVERYTHING YOU SEE WILL BE IN ╒╨╨┼╥ ├┴╙┼. ╔F
THE FILENAME YOU'RE TRYING TO LOAD HAS A GRAPHICS CHARACTER IN
IT, YOU MAY BE FACED WITH SOME PROBLEMS. ╧FTEN THIS HAPPENS WHEN
SAVING ┼-═AIL TO DISK, AND YOU USE CAPITAL LETTERS WHEN TYPING
IN THE FILENAME YOU ARE SAVING.
╘HE EASIEST THING TO DO IS JUST ALWAYS USE LOWER-CASE LETTERS
WHEN SAVING MAIL OR TEXT. ╔T CAN BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO
RENAME A FILE WITH SHIFTED CHARACTERS IN THE FILENAME. ╙╨╥╔╬╘,
WHICH IS THE TEXT READER INCLUDED ON MOST ╤-╠INK DISKS, CANNOT
READ ANY FILE WITH SHIFTED CHARACTERS IN THE FILENAME, SO
YOU'LL GET A "╞ILE ╬OT ╞OUND" ERROR. ╔NSTEAD, WE RECOMMEND THE
THE ╒╠╘╥┴ TEXT READER OR THE TEXT READER IN ╧═┼╟┴-╤. ╘HEY BOTH
ALLOW SELECTION OF FILES TO READ BY MENU, SO THERE IS NO TYPING
OF FILENAMES.
├OMMENT: ╔F YOU HIT THE ╙╚╔╞╘ AND ├= KEYS, IT WILL SWITCH ╙╨╥╔╬╘ TO UPPER
AND LOWER CASE FROM ALL CAPS.
╤─╠ ╠AURA: ┬UT THAT WON'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH ╙╨╥╔╬╘ NOT RECOGNIZING
FILENAMES WITH CAPITAL LETTERS. ╔T WORKS WHEN LISTING A
DIRECTORY, THOUGH, WHICH MAKES IT EASIER TO READ THOSE FILES
WITH SHIFTED CHARACTERS IN THE FILENAMES.
┴NOTHER AREA OF PROBLEMS IS THE ARCHIVED FILE. ┘OU CAN ALWAYS
SPOT AN ARCHIVED FILE BY THE ENDING ON THE FILENAME. ╔N ONLY ONE
CASE CAN YOU LOAD AND RUN AN ARCHIVED FILE. ╘HIS IS THE ╙─┴
FILE. ╘HIS STANDS FOR ╙ELF-─ISSOLVING ┴RCHIVE. ╫HEN YOU HAVE A
FILE WITH ".╙─┴" ON THE END, JUST LOAD AND RUN IT. ┘OU'LL SEE A
TITLE SCREEN, THEN PRESS A KEY, AND THE DISSOLVE AUTOMATICALLY
BEGINS. ┬UT THE OTHER ARCHIVAL FILES SUCH AS ".╠╬╪" OR ".┴╥├" OR
".╠┬╥" CANNOT BE LOADED AND RUN. ╘HESE FILES REQUIRE ANOTHER
PROGRAM TO DISSOLVE THEM.
╘HE EASIEST THING TO DO IS DOWNLOAD ╧═┼╟┴-╤ FROM THE ╤-╠INK
╒TILITIES SECTION OF THE ╙OFTWARE ╠IBRARIES. ╘HIS PROGRAM WILL
DISSOLVE ALL THE ARCHIVED FILES, AND IT USES A MENU OPTION, SO
IT'S VERY EASY TO USE.
╧FTEN ╙┘╙╧╨ ═┴╠ AND ╔ ARE ASKED WHY SOME FILES HAVE A "*"
BESIDE THEM IN THE ╙OFTWARE ╠IBRARIES. ═ANY ╙YS╧PS USE THESE
STARS AS A RATING SYSTEM. ╒SUALLY, WHEN YOU SEE THE "*" BESIDE
A FILENAME, IT'S BECAUSE THE ╙YS╧P THINKS THIS PROGRAM IS A
LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE.
┴NOTHER COMMON PROBLEM IS A MEMBER TELLING US HE HAS BEEN
REFERRED TO FIND A PROGRAM CALLED ┴╥├ 2.XX, AND HE SIMPLY CAN'T
FIND IT. ╘HOSE ╪'S REFER TO A VERSION NUMBER, SUCH AS ┴╥├230.
╘HERE ARE VERY FEW ┴╥├ VERSIONS, AS OPPOSED TO SEVERAL ╠YNX
VERSIONS. ╙O ┴╥├ 2.XX IS USED TO REFER TO ANY CURRENT ┴╥├
VERSION OVER 2.
╤UESTION: ┴RE THE NEWER VERSIONS MORE DIFFICULT TO USE?
╤─╠ ╠AURA: ╬O, JUST THAT IT HAS BEEN UPGRARADED. ┴LL ┴╥├ VERSIONS WORK ON
BASICALLY THE SAME COMMANDS. ┴╥├ RESIDES IN THE COMPUTER, AND
WILL NOT PRESENT YOU WITH A MENU. ┘OU MUST KNOW THE COMMANDS TO
TYPE IN FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. ╔T'S A LITTLE HARD TO GRASP,
BUT ┴╥├ IS, IN MY OPINION, THE BEST OF THE ARCHIVING PROGRAMS.
╤UESTION: ╫HERE CAN ╔ FIND OUT ABOUT ┴╥├ COMMANDS?
╤─╠ ╠AURA: ╘HERE ARE TEXT FILES AVAILABLE WHICH OUTLINE THE ┴╥├ COMMANDS,
WHICH YOU CAN FIND IN:
├╧══╧─╧╥┼ ╔╬╞╧╥═┴╘╔╧╬ ╬┼╘╫╧╥╦
├OMPUTING ╙UPPORT ╟ROUPS
┴PPLICATIONS
─ISK ╒TILITIES
┴RCHIVING ╞ILES.
┬UT AS ╔ SAID, IF YOU'RE SIMPLY WANTING TO DISSOLVE AN ┴╥├ED
FILE, JUST USE ╧═┼╟┴-╤. ╔T'S MUCH SIMPLER. ╔ THINK *THE* MOST
COMMON QUESTION WE GET IS ABOUT INCOMPLETE DOWNLOADS.
╒SUALLY A DOWNLOAD THAT STOPS, SUCH AS JUST HANGS THERE AT 85%
COMPLETE AND WON'T GO ANY FURTHER. ╘HIS IS USUALLY DUE TO YOUR
TELEPHONE CONNECTION. ╔F POSSIBLE, IMMEDIATELY CHANGE YOUR
ACCESS NUMBER THEN TRY THE DOWNLOAD AGAIN. ╔F YOU'RE USING A
╘YMNET ACCESS NUMBER (THESE ARE THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS WITH THE
"/" IN FRONT), THEN ALSO DOWNLOAD AND RUN THE ─OWNLOAD ╨ATCH
AVAILABLE IN THE ╤-╠INK ╒TILITIES SECTION OF THE ╙OFTWARE
╠IBRARIES. ╘HIS PATCH CORRECTS THE PROBLEM WHICH SOMETIMES
HAPPENS WHEN DOWNLOADING LONG FILES WITH ╘YMNET. ╘HERE ARE
COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE PATCH AVAILABLE IN THE FILE
DESCRIPTION.
╔F YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR ACCESS NUMBER AND STILL HAVE A PROBLEM,
TRY DISCONNECTING ANY UNNECESSARY PERIPHERALS, SUCH AS THE
PRINTER. ┴LSO TRY DOWNLOADING ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE A GOOD
CONNECTION. ╔F YOU SEE THAT THE MENUS ARE A LITTLE SLOW TO
APPEAR ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT A BAD CONNECTION AND
IT ISN'T A GOOD IDEA TO ATTEMPT A DOWNLOAD. ╔F YOUR DOWNLOAD
FAILS TO COMPLETE, YOU CAN REQUEST CREDIT FOR THIS TIME IN:
├╒╙╘╧═┼╥ ╙┼╥╓╔├┼ ├┼╬╘┼╥
═EMBERS' ╧NLINE ╟UIDE
─OWNLOADING/╒PLOADING ╔NFORMATION.
╦NOW THE EXACT NAME OF THE FILE YOU ATTEMPTED TO DOWNLOAD, AND
ANY OTHER DETAILS YOU MAY HAVE ARE ALSO HELPFUL.
╬OW, ANOTHER PROBLEM YOU MAY HAVE IF YOUR DOWNLOAD DID NOT
COMPLETE BUT IT DID ACCESS THE DISK DRIVE ONC